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Biel-Benken BL
Basel-Landschaftvillage
Biel-Benken BL
Total population
3,255
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Biel-Benken is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Benken is first mentioned in 1259 as Beinkon. It was also known as Benken maior to distinguish it from Biel which was known as Benken minor, Buelbenken or Benken inferior.
Geography
Biel-Benken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 25.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 18.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.0% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures, while 7.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Basel-Landschaft
- Binningen3.1 mi away · pop. 14,905
- Blauen4 mi away · pop. 660
- Nenzlingen4.5 mi away · pop. 417
- Dittingen4.8 mi away · pop. 771
- Burg im Leimental5 mi away · pop. 252
- Duggingen5.5 mi away · pop. 1,162
- Grellingen5.5 mi away · pop. 1,786
- Birsfelden6.1 mi away · pop. 10,277
- Brislach6.2 mi away · pop. 1,392
- Liesberg8.2 mi away · pop. 1,167
- Frenkendorf9 mi away · pop. 6,394
- Lupsingen9.1 mi away · pop. 1,509
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
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Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image